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What will be the pseudo force on a body in a lift uniformly accelerated downwards with an acceleration equal to the acceleration due to gravity?

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Zero. This condition is known as weightlessness. Astronauts in a space shuttle experience weightlessness as there is no reaction force of the floor of the shuttle on him.
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